Chapter II: Part 2

Derby, 14th Earl of, abolition, proposals of, i. 102, 105;
advocates reform, i. 143;
joins conservatives, i. 144;
Brougham's estimate of, i. 149;
resigns on Irish church question, i. 154;
Peel's annoyance with, i. 234;
on tariff question, i. 263;
Gladstone's relations with, i. 280;
attitude towards repeal, i. 283;
resigns, i. 285;
on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 291-292;
New Zealand question, i. 298;
on quarrel between Gladstone and Bentinck, i. 301-302;
Graham's attitude towards, i. 368;
invites Gladstone to enter the government, i. 393, 406;
Gladstone declines, i. 407;
views on papal aggression question, i. 406;
reply to Lord Howick in sugar duties' debate, i. 644;
cabinet of three men and a half (1852), i. 416;
supported by the Peelites, i. 424, 428;
attitude towards free trade, i. 425, 429;
Oxford commission, i. 500;
gratitude to Gladstone, i. 434;
resigns on budget defeat, i. 441;
views on Gladstone's budget, i. 472;
attempts to form a ministry (1855), i. 525-526;
fails, i. 527, 528;
communications with Gladstone, i. 551-552, 554, 558, 561;
relations with Disraeli, i. 555, 561;
recommends union with Disraeli and Peelites, i. 562;
vote of censure on Palmerston (1857), ii. 269;
forms second administration (1858), i. 576;
financial policy of, ii. 633;
letter to Gladstone, i. 577;
Bright's views on position of, i. 579;
Reform bill (1859), i. 621; ii. 199;
defeat and dissolution, i. 622; ii. 265;
Gladstone in sympathy with, i. 631;
Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 193;
forms a government (1866), ii. 211;
on Irish railways commission, ii. 243 _note_;
on Irish church bill, ii. 268, 278;
peers created by, ii. 429;
otherwise mentioned, i. 177, 432, 437 _and note_, 529, 530, 536,
641; ii. 156 _note_ 1, 253, 653; iii. 289 _note_, 465.

Derby, 15th Earl of, on Reform bill (1866), ii. 202;
on Ireland, ii. 242;
on Luxemburg guarantee, ii. 320, 357 _and note_;
declines to serve on _Alabama_ commission, ii. 400;
subscribes to Mill memorial, ii. 543;
views on eastern question, ii. 551, 567, 572;
resigns, ii. 574 _note_ 1;
declines office with Gladstone, ii. 629;
colonial secretary (1882), ii. 654;
London convention with Transvaal (1884), iii. 45 _and note_;
declines to join Gladstone's government (1882), iii. 99;
joins as colonial secretary, iii. 100;
Gladstone's letter to, on Ireland, iii. 215;
declares against Home Rule, iii. 291 _note_, 294;
otherwise mentioned, i. 103, 133, 134, 139, 177, 227, 239, 248,
296, 393, 420; ii. 499; iii. 268, 270.

Devon, Lord, i. 343-344.

Devonshire, Duke of, ii. 243 _note_; iii. 69, 166, 171.

Dickson, Colonel, ii. 570.

Dilke, Sir Charles, supports the resolutions on Turkey, ii. 564;
declines to join Gladstone's government except with Chamberlain,
ii. 630;
president of local government board, ii. 654;
claim of, to cabinet position, iii. 99;
appointed to local government board, iii. 100;
conferences on Franchise bill, iii. 138;
agrees to send Gordon to Soudan, iii. 150;
on Crimes Act, iii. 192;
opposes land purchase for Ireland, iii. 194-195;
resigns, iii. 195;
speech on Irish policy, iii. 264;
for home rule, iii. 291 _note_.

Dillon, J., iii. 448, 455.

Dillwyn, L., ii. 141.

Dingwall, Gladstone presented with freedom of, i. 476.

Disestablishment, _see under_ Churches.

Disraeli, B., _see_ Beaconsfield.

---- Mrs., ii. 195, 196, 546-547.

Dissenters:--
Affirmation bill opposed by, iii. 20.
Disestablishment speech by Gladstone, effect of, ii. 457-458.
Educational views of (1843 and 1847), ii. 302;
(1870) ii. 303-305;
estrangement of, by Education Act of 1870, ii. 307, 388;
opposition to the Act, ii. 308.
Election of 1874, action in, ii. 495.
Gladstone's relations with (1864), ii. 134-135;
(1868) ii. 255;
(1869) ii. 272;
views on Gladstone's retirement, ii. 505-506.
Home rule, attitude towards, in Wales, iii. 323.
University exclusion of, i. 505-506; ii. 313 _and note 1_.

Dissenters' Chapels bill, i. 208, 330, 331.

Disturbance Compensation bill, iii. 113.

Divorce:--
French law on, i. 567 _note_.
Gladstone's views on, i. 568-572 _and note_.
Statistics regarding, i. 572 _note_.

---- bill (1857), i. 569-573.

Dodson, J. G., ii. 463 _note_, 654; iii. 291 _note_.

Döllinger, Dr., Gladstone's visit to (1845), i. 318-320 _and note 2_;
later visit (1874), ii. 513-515;
criticisms from, on Vaticanism, ii. 521;
Acton compared with, ii. 558;
Gladstone's visit to (1886), iii. 351-352;
Salmon's agreement with, iii. 417;
death of, iii. 421;
Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 422-423, 467.

Dollis Hill, iii. 385, 517.

Don Pacifico debate, i. 368-371 _and note_, 372, 374, 395.

Dongola, iii. 144, 163.

Donnachaidh clan, i. 16.

Douglas, Sir C., i. 419.

Dobrudscha, ii. 574 _note 2_.

Doyle, Francis, at Eton, i. 34, 37, 42-43;
Gladstone's friendship with, i. 39, 54;
Gladstone's letters to, i. 207; ii. 631;
otherwise mentioned, i. 32 _note_, 59 _note_, 73, 111, 135,
581; ii. 184.

Dragonetti, the Marquis, ii. 12.

Drayton, i. 132.

Drew, Mrs. (Mary Gladstone), Gladstone's letter to, ii. 473;
accompanies Gladstone to Midlothian, ii. 587;
Acton's letter to, on Middlesex candidature, ii. 617;
engagement of, iii. 280;
Gladstone's letter to, on _Robert Elsmere_, iii. 356.

Drift, Gladstone's view of, ii. 352.

Dryden, iii. 484.

Duff, Grant, iii. 28 _note 2_.

Dufferin, Lord, urges Turkish intervention in Egypt, iii. 80;
advises abandonment of Kordofan and Darfur, iii. 146;
mentioned, ii. 64, 212, 294, 645; iii. 413.

Dugdale, W. S., i. 150.

Duncan, Mr., ii. 27 _note_.

Dundonald, Lord, iii. 180 _note_.

Dunfermline, Lord (Speaker), i. 150.

Dunkellin, Lord, ii. 206.

Dunrobin, i. 476.

Dupanloup, Bishop, ii. 532.

Durham, Lord, i. 144, 178.

Dyke, Sir W. Hart, iii. 279.

Eastern question, _see_ Turkey.

---- Roumelia, ii. 576.

Eastlake, Sir C., ii. 189.

_Ecce Homo_, ii. 166-167, 172, 173, 533.

Ecclesiastical appointments, i. 153; ii. 122, 430-433.

---- Commission (1835-36), iii. 468.

---- Titles bill, i. 405, 409-415 _and note_;
effect of Act on whigs, i. 446;
repeal of (1871), ii. 517.

Economy:--
Churchill's efforts for, iii. 365.
Direct taxation conducive to, ii. 62.
Gladstone's efforts for, ii. 42-45, 53, 61, 63-65, 482-484, 498;
iii. 110, 507, 508, 537.

Edinburgh, Gladstone's early visit to, i. 10;
reception in (June '86), iii. 343;
Gladstone first lord rector of university, i. 634.

---- Duke of, ii. 378, 455.

_Edinburgh Review_, Gladstone's anonymous article in, ii. 345.

Education, primary:--
Board school question at Hawarden, ii. 646.
Condition of, in 1869, ii. 302 _note_.
Controversy on, nature of, ii. 306-307.
Differences regarding, in liberal party, ii. 498.
Dissenters' views on (1843 and 1847), ii. 302;
(1870), ii. 303-305;
estrangement by Act of 1870, ii. 307;
opposition to the Act, ii. 308.
Forster's bill (1870), ii. 298, 301, 303-307, 309-311, 495.
Free, advocated by Chamberlain (1885), iii. 173, 224.
Peel's bill (1843), ii. 299 _note_.
State aid for, Gladstone's views on, i. 148; ii. 298-300,
310, 311.

---- secondary:--
Classical course, Gladstone's view of, ii. 646-649.
Reform of (1869), ii. 311-312.

Edwards, Jonathan, iii. 477.

Egerton, Sir P., i. 59 _note_.

---- ii. 146-147 _and note_.

Egypt:--
Alexandria--English and French fleets at, iii. 79;
bombardment of, iii. 81, 84-85.
Anglo-French control in, iii. 74, 78, 118;
proposal of Anglo-French occupation, i. 76-77.
Annexation idea unfavourably viewed in England, iii. 119.
Army, revolt of, in. 73, 78, 83.
British responsibilities in, ii. 631; iii. 146.
Conference of Constantinople, iii. 81.
Financial position of, iii. 73, 76, 120-122, 170,192,197;
London convention, iii. 122.
Gladstone's prognostication regarding, iii. 72.
Northbrook's mission to, iii. 121.
Reforms in, possible only by evacuation of Soudan, iii. 148.
Soudan, _see that title_.
Southern frontier of, determined (1885), iii. 180.
Suez Canal:--
Construction of, i. 591-592.
France, attempted agreement with, regarding, iii. 122.
Protection of (1882), iii. 80, 82, 83.
Tel-el-Kebir, iii. 83, 120 _note_.
Withdrawal from, difficulties of, iii. 120;
Salisbury's policy regarding, iii. 495.

d'Eichthal, Gustave, ii. 538.

Elcho, Lord, ii. 19 _note 2_.

Elections, general:--
(1885) iii. 249-255;
(1886) iii. 345-346;
(1892) iii. 492, 494;
dates of Gladstone's, ii. 608.

Elgin, Lord (J. Bruce), i. 54, 59 _note_; ii. 18, 194, 636.

Eliot, Lord, i. 236.

Elizabeth, Queen, iii. 480.

Ellenborough, Lord, i. 525, 583, 641.

Ellice, E., i. 222, 237, 467, 493; ii. 194.

Elliot, Arthur, iii. 285.

Elwin, W., i. 553, 555.

Emancipation, _see_ Slave-holding.

Emerson, R. W., i. 176-177 _note_, 220; ii. 458.

Employers' Liability bill (1893), iii. 504.

Endowed Schools bill (1869), ii. 312.

Epirus, ii. 576.

Errington, W. V., iii. 63.

Esher, Viscount, cited, ii. 624 _note_.

Essays and Reviews, i. 316; ii. 163-164, 431.

Estcourt, T. G. B., i. 328.

Estimates (_see also_ Expenditure), (1853 and 1860), ii. 24;
(1874-75) ii. 375 _note 1_, 483;
(1892), iii. 507-509.

Eton, Gladstone's career at, i. 26-44;
examines at (1840), i. 229.

_Eton Miscellany_, i. 34, 37-38.

Eugénie, Empress, ii. 458.

Evarts, W. M., ii. 189.

Eversley, Viscount (speaker), i. 266.

Ewelme appointment, ii. 386-387; iii. 540.

Exchequer and Audit Act (1866), ii. 61.

Expenditure:--
Annual amount of (1860-65 and 1873), ii. 374.
Army and Navy, on (1857-66), ii. 51.
Excess in, Gladstone's efforts against, ii. 42-45, 53, 61, 63-65.
Policy of (1853-59), i. 475.
Spirit of, Gladstone's protest against, ii. 50, 62.

Export trade, growth of (1860-66), ii. 66-67.

Factory legislation, i. 106.

Faguet, cited, ii. 594.

Farini, i. 402-404; ii. 8.

Farquhar, Sir W., i. 162, 473; ii. 165.

Farr, W. W., i. 29.

Farrer, Lord, i. 333 _note 1_.

Fasque, family portraits at, i. 9;
church at, i. 11 _note 1_; purchase of, i. 107;
Helen Gladstone buried at, ii. 604;
T. Gladstone's golden wedding at, iii. 219;
Gladstone's visit to (1891), iii. 462.

Favre, Jules, ii. 356.

Fawcett, H., ii. 302, 444 _note_, 455, 463 _note_.

Fechter, C. A., ii. 189 _and note_, 190.

Fénelon, i. 184, 215.

Fenians:--
Papal rescript, attitude towards, iii. 384.
Parnell's alleged conversation with a spy regarding, iii. 404-405.
Plots by (1867), ii. 241-242.
Temper of (1887), iii. 373.

Ferdinand, King, i. 392, 397, 401.

Ferguson, Dr., ii. 27.

Field, Cyrus, ii. 71, 458.

Fielden, J., i. 114.

Finance (_see also_ Budgets, Expenditure, National Debt,
Taxation):--
Egyptian, iii. 170, 192, 197.
Gladstone's masterly statements on, ii. 593; iii. 7;
his principles of, ii. 26, 56-61, 63, 68.
Home Rule bill provisions regarding, _see under_ Ireland.
Pitt's, ii. 627-638.
Popular interest in, i. 458.

Finance bill, ii. 39-40.

Finlay, G., i. 605, 610 _note_, 614.

Fire insurance duty, ii. 373, 651.

Fish, H., ii. 82, 401-402, 406.

Fisher, Bishop, ii. 535.

Fitzgerald, Lord, i. 259.

Fitzmaurice, Lord E., ii. 463 _note_.

Fitzroy, Lord C., i. 419; ii. 102.

Fitzwilliam, Lord, iii. 314, 339.

Florence, ii. 8-9; iii. 387.

Follett, Sir W. W., i. 322.

Foreign affairs, British ignorance of, ii. 535-536.

Foreign Enlistment Act (1870), ii. 399 and _note_, 405.

---- policy:--
Gladstone's views on, ii. 316-318.
Peel's influence on, i. 247.
Popular fickleness regarding, i. 480.

Forster, W. E., on American civil war, ii. 86;
views on liberal party, ii. 123;
vice-president of council (1870), ii. 644;
Education bill of, ii. 298, 301, 303-307, 309-311, 495;
Endowed Schools, bill of, ii. 312;
Ballot bill, ii. 368;
on _Alabama_ case, ii. 403, 408;
on Irish university debate, ii. 444-445;
on Bulgarian question, ii. 549;
Irish secretary (1880), ii. 630, 654;
radical attitude towards, ii. 630;
allows Coercion Act to lapse (1880), iii. 48;
on Lords' rejection of Disturbance bill, iii. 409;
'village ruffian' theory, iii. 49;
seeks coercive powers, iii. 49, 51;
Coercion bill of, iii. 52 _and notes_, 296 _note 1_;
at Hawarden, iii. 57;
Gladstone's letters to, iii. 58, 66;
condition of Ireland under, iii. 379;
resigns, iii. 65, 90, 654;
on franchise extension in Ireland, iii. 143 _note 3_;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 447 _note_, 462, 476, 498, 504, 566, 644;
iii. 64, 169, 175, 353 _and note 2_.

Fortescue, C., _see_ Carlingford.

_Fortnightly Review_, iii. 75-76.

Fortunato, i. 398.

Fould, A., ii. 55-56, 221.

Fowler, H. H., iii. 336, 495 _note_.

---- William, ii. 295.

Fox, General, i. 228.

---- C. J., views of, on emancipation of slaves, i. 104;
estimates of, by Peel and Harrowby, i. 132-133;
motion of, against Lord Sandwich, i. 144;
parliamentary position of, i. 445-446;
protests against British interference in Crimea, i. 478.
Otherwise mentioned, i. 131, 365; ii. 230, 589.

---- Henry, i. 570.

France:--
Alliance with, Gladstone's view of, i. 546; ii. 15.
Alliances sought by (1869), ii. 321, 323.
American war, joint mediation in, urged on England and Russia,
ii. 85.
Austria, peace with, Lord Elcho's motion on, ii. 19 _note 2_.
Berlin treaty obligations, attitude towards, iii. 9.
Black Sea affair, ii. 350, 356 _and note_.
Commercial treaty with:--
suggested by Cobden, ii. 18, 20;
negotiation of, ii. 21, 46;
discussed in cabinet, ii. 21-22;
provisions of, ii. 21 _note_, 23;
objects of, ii. 22-23;
publication of, in Belgian papers, ii. 27;
results of, ii. 66, 637, 638;
Gladstone's later views on, ii. 66 _note_.
Commune (1871), ii. 308.
Confusion in policy of, ii. 120.
Crimean war, _see that title_.
Danubian provinces, policy regarding, ii. 3.
Divorce illegal in (1816-84), i. 567 _note_.
Don Pacifico case, offer of good offices in, i. 368.
Egypt, action regarding (1881), iii. 73;
understanding with Salisbury, iii. 74;
the joint note, iii. 75-76;
fleet at Alexandria, iii. 79;
fleet withdrawn, iii. 81;
agrees to British advance in Egypt, iii. 82;
declines to take any action, iii. 83;
Salisbury policy frustrated by, iii. 495.
German unity a menace to, ii. 319.
Gladstone's finance admired in, ii. 56;
Gladstone elected foreign associate of institute of, ii. 220
_and note_;
tribute at his death, iii. 532.
Italian unity aided by, ii. 7-8, 14, _see also_ Napoleon.
Land question in, iii. 477.
Nice and Savoy acquired by, ii. 9, 22, 30, 108.
Orsini affair, representations regarding, i. 574.
Palmerston's attitude towards, i. 367; ii. 47, 49.
Poetry in, iii. 483.
Prussia:--
Treaty with, regarding Belgium, ii. 340.
War with (1870)--British efforts to avert, ii. 326-330, 335-336;
declaration of, ii. 335 _and note 2_;
French miscalculations, ii. 337;
course of, ii. 342-343;
British sympathy after Sedan, ii. 357;
effect of the war on British naval expenditure, ii. 374.
Republic--
recognition of (1871), ii. 345;
statesmen of, iii. 475.
Rome--
occupation of, ii. 107-108, 214, 319, 323;
British attitude towards the occupation, ii. 512;
evacuation of, ii. 217, 512.
Roumania, coolness with Britain regarding, ii. 4.
Schleswig-Holstein question, ii. 116-118.
Tariff negotiations with, i. 267.
Turkish murder of consul at Salonica, ii. 547;
attitude towards Turkey (1881), iii. 74.
Vatican decrees, attitude towards, ii. 510.
Vicissitudes of government in, i. 413.
War with (1812), iii. 471;
war rumoured (1859-60), ii. 43-44, 46-47.
Zenith of the empire, ii. 5.

Franchise extension:--
Anticipations regarding (1885), iii. 172, 201.
Bill of 1860, ii. 200;
bill of 1866, ii. 200-205;
bill of 1867, ii. 223-236, 238, 257.
Boroughs, for, workmen's attitude towards, ii. 125, 139, 198,
211, 227;
Palmerston's views regarding, ii. 128, 200;
household suffrage struggle, ii. 223-236;
liberal aid to tories for (1867), iii. 238, 257.
Counties, for, ii. 200, 475, 481; iii. 124 _et seq._
Conservative party the gainers by, iii. 129.
Ireland, _see under_ Ireland.
Gladstone's speech on (1864), ii. 126-130.
Manhood, Chamberlain's pronouncement on, iii. 174.
Reform bill of 1866 restricted to, ii. 200.

Fraser, family of, i. 17 _note_.

---- Bishop, ii. 432.

---- Sir William, i. 8 and _note 2_, 9 _note_.

Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia, i. 176.

Free trade:--
Disraeli's pronouncement on, i. 432.
Employment in relation to, ii. 57.
External agitation, production of, ii. 227.
French commercial treaty in relation to, ii. 21 _note_, 24.
Gladstone's speech on (1881), iii. 61.

Freeman, E. A., ii. 365.

_Freeman's Journal_, ii. 292.

Fremantle, T. F., i. 237.

Frere, Sir Bartle, liberal disapproval of, iii. 2, 6;
responsible for Zulu war, iii. 22;
the Queen's feeling for, iii. 23-24;
enquires liberal policy, iii. 28;
promises Boers self-government, iii. 30;
South African Dutch exasperated by, iii. 43 _note_;
recalled, iii. 24, 32 _note_.

Freshfield, J. W., i. 233, 339.

Freycinet, M. de, iii. 75, 79-83.

Frohschammer, J., ii. 525.

Frost, J., i. 400.

Froude, Hurrell, i. 161, 166, 306.

---- J. A., i. 313 _note 1_; ii. 539, 559.

Funerals, ii. 422.

Furse, C. W., ii. 433.

Gaisford, Dr., i. 49.

Gambetta, ii. 335 _note 1_; iii. 75, 77, 78, 82, 465.

Garfield, Mrs., iii. 108.

Garibaldi--
sails from Genoa, ii. 10-11;
enters Naples, ii. 17;
in England, ii. 108-113;
Gladstone's estimate of, ii. 109-110, 114;
Italian estimate of, ii. 113;
Manning's attitude towards, ii. 192;
letters from, ii. 533;
mentioned, ii. 184; iii. 532.

Gaskell, Mrs. Benjamin, i. 160.

---- James Milnes, Gladstone's friendship with, i. 39, 54;
debating society in rooms of, i. 59;
speech on Reform bill, i. 73;
Gladstone's visits to, i. 95; ii. 437;
otherwise mentioned, i. 34, 37, 43, 48, 49, 64, 65, 74, 75, 77,
80, 97, 131, 137, 138, 139, 229, 248.

George III., ii. 428; iii. 181.

Gerasimus, Bishop, i. 604.

Germany (_see also_ Prussia):--
Berlin memorandum, ii. 549, 571.
---- treaty obligations, attitude towards (1880), iii. 9.
Black Sea provisions of Treaty of Paris disapproved by, ii. 350.
Colonial question in, iii. 122.
Egyptian question, attitude towards, iii. 79, 80, 82, 89.
Italian alliance with, iii. 414.
Luxemburg affair, ii. 320, 357 _and note_.
Poetry in, iii. 483.
Schleswig-Holstein question, ii. 114-118.
Turkish murder of consul at Salonica, ii. 547.
Unification of, ii. 358;
France menaced by, ii. 319.
Vatican decrees, attitude towards, ii. 509.

Gibbon, i. 195; iii. 476.

Gibson, Milner-, Gladstone against, i. 467;
efforts towards peace, i. 547;
return to parliament (1858), i. 574;
in Palmerston government, i. 626;
unpopularity of, in Oxford, i. 630;
on Paper Duties bill, ii. 33, 37-39;
Gladstone supported by, ii. 36, 140, 635-636.

Gladstone, name changed from Gladstones, i. 18 and _note 2_.

---- Agnes (daughter), engagement of, ii. 472-473;
marriage, ii. 475.

---- Anne (sister), i. 17 _note 1_, 160.

---- Helen Jane (sister), i. 17 _note 1_;
Gladstone abroad with, i. 284, 318;
secession to Rome, i. 318, 331;
death, ii. 604.

---- Henry (son), Gladstone's message to, on learning Latin, ii. 94;
at school, ii. 191;
starts for India, ii. 557;
Gladstone's letters to, ii. 586, 598; iii. 296.

---- Herbert (son), Gladstone's letters to, ii. 59 _and note_, 637;
iii. 258;
returned for Leeds, ii. 618;
press interview of (Dec. '85), iii. 264-265;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 474, 477, 614, 617; iii. 1.

---- Sir John (father), political work of, i. 9-10, 20-21, 249;
churches built by, i. 11 _and note 1_;
marriage of, i. 16;
views of, on slave-holding, i. 22-24;
Gladstone's defence of, in the _Liverpool Courier_, i. 32;
loses Berwick election, i. 43;
political acuteness of, i. 68-69;
criticisms on W. E. Gladstone, i. 74;
Howick's attack on, i. 102;
Fasque bought by, i. 107;
seventieth birthday of, i. 118;
loses Dundee election (1837), i. 141;
disapproves Jamaica journey, i. 148;
transfers Demerara property to his sons, i. 224;
assists Scotch training college scheme, i. 231;
correspondence with Peel regarding his sons, i. 257-258;
views of, on protection, i. 300, 327;
baronetcy of, i. 293, 300;
views on Gladstone's Oxford candidature, i. 330;
on Jewish Disabilities Removal bill, i. 376;
buys portion of Hawarden estates, i. 341;
attitude towards Peel (1849), i. 353;
death of, i. 388;
W. E. Gladstone's relations with, i. 19, 32, 43, 82-83, 98;
W. E. Gladstone's letters to, i. 123, 280, 283-284, 353, 375-376,
635;
letters from, on choice of profession, i. 640;
W. E. Gladstone's estimate of, i. 19, 138.

Gladstone, Mrs. John (mother), W. E. Gladstone's devotion to, i. 95,
128, 131;
death of, i. 131.

---- John (brother), i. 15, 17 _note 1_;
travels of, with W. E. Gladstone, i. 86;
Walsall candidature of, i. 231-232;
parliamentary election of, desired by his father, i. 258;
W. E. Gladstone's letter to, on family differences, i. 388;
illness and death of wife of, ii. 95, 96;
death of, ii. 187.

---- Mary (daughter), _see_ Drew.

---- Robertson (brother), i. 17 _note 1_;
appointed manager of Demerara properties, i. 224;
position of, in Liverpool, i. 258;
at Gladstone's Lancashire candidature (1865), ii. 146;
W. E. Gladstone's letters to, i. 494, 552-553, 626; ii. 62,
130, 456.

---- Stephen (son), ii. 256, 474, 500.

---- Thomas (grandfather), i. 16.

---- ---- (brother), slave-holding defended by, i. 24;
attitude towards Reform bill, i. 70 _note_;
on Gladstone's Oxford candidature, i. 330;
Gladstone's letter to, on offers of a peerage, ii. 494;
otherwise mentioned, i. 17 _note 1_, 68, 258.

---- William Ewart:--
Appearance of (1827), i. 34;
(1840) i. 194;
(1882) iii. 91.
_Career, chronological sequence of_--
=1809-1831.=
Birth and baptism, i. 7;
childhood, i. 10-14;
at Eton, i. 26-44;
first speech, i. 35;
Oxford, i. 48-85;
tries for the Ireland, i. 61, 329 _note_.
=1832.=
Foreign travel, i. 86-88;
impressions in Rome, i. 87;
Newark candidature, i. 88-94, 96-97;
election addresses, i. 90;
first speech as member of parliament, i. 94;
visits to Clumber, Thornes, and Leamington, i. 95;
birthday, i. 97.
=1833.=
Lincoln's Inn, i. 98;
membership of Oxford and Cambridge club and Carlton club,
i. 98 _and note_;
forms brotherhood with Acland, i. 99;
enters parliament, i. 100;
maiden speech, i. 103;
party votes (1833), i. 106;
visit to Fasque, i. 107.
=1834.=
Visit to Seaforth and Oxford, i. 111;
at Fasque, i. 116;
treasury appointment, i. 119-120;
opposes admission of dissenters to universities, i. 330.
=1835.=
Returned for Newark without contest, i. 121;
meets Disraeli at Lord Lyndhurst's, i. 122;
appointed under-secretary for the colonies, i. 123;
contemplates resignation, i. 125;
speech on Irish church, i. 126;
speech at Newark, i. 129;
committee on native affairs at the Cape, i. 358.
=1836.=
Death of his mother, i. 131;
visit to Drayton, i. 132;
visit to Hawarden, i. 134;
speech on negro apprenticeship, i. 134 _and note_;
visit to Haddo, i. 137;
committee on waste lands, i. 358.
=1837.=
Speech at Newark on toleration, etc., i. 138;
presents the Queen with the Oxford address, i. 140;
canvassing at Newark, i. 140;
nominated for Manchester, i. 141;
elected for Newark, i. 141;
at Dundee, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, i. 141;
at Fasque, i. 142;
first interview with Duke of Wellington, i. 143.
=1838.=
Admitted to consultations on Canadian affairs, i. 144;
speaks on Molesworth's vote of censure, i. 145;
speech on slave apprenticeship system, i. 145-147;
work on educational questions, i. 148;
influenced by Coleridge and Palmer, i. 167-168 _note 1_;
_The State in its Relation with the Church_, i. 172, 175;
foreign travel, i. 173.
=1839.=
Opinions on his book, i. 175-181;
work on committees, i. 219;
marriage, i. 223.
=1840.=
Speech on China question, i. 226;
birth of eldest son, i. 227;
dines at Guizot's, i. 229;
examines at Eton, i. 229;
Scotch training college scheme, i. 230-231, 330;
committee on colonisation of New Zealand, i. 358.
=1841.=
_Church Principles_, i. 181;
his brother's Walsall election, i. 231-232;
visits Nuneham and Oxford, i. 235;
speaks on sugar duties, i. 236;
re-elected for Newark, i. 238;
Sir S. Glynne's candidature--Hoylake--Hawarden, i. 239;
vice-president of the board of trade, i. 240-245, 250;
re-elected for Newark, i, 243;
correspondence with Peel on journalistic imputations,
i. 245-246;
Jerusalem bishopric, i. 309;
advocates increase in colonial episcopate, i. 330.
=1842.=
Protection question, i. 249-254;
suggests retirement, i. 253;
tariff reform, i. 255-257;
shooting accident, i. 185;
Glenalmond, i. 231.
=1843.=
Enters the cabinet, i. 259;
parliamentary success, i. 261;
protection question, i. 262-264;
tariff negotiations with foreign countries, i. 267;
advocates removal of prohibition on export of machinery,
i. 267-268;
close relations with Manning and Hope, i. 310;
anxiety regarding Newman's position, i. 310-313;
protests against sentence on Pusey, i. 317.
=1844.=
Bill for regulation of companies, i. 268;
Telegraph Act, i. 268;
Railway Act, i. 269;
publishes Prayer-Book, i. 314 _note_;
reply to Ward's _Ideal_, i. 314-315;
Lady Hewley case, i. 322;
proposes himself as Vatican envoy, i. 271-272;
Maynooth, i. 271-275, 278.
=1845.=
At Windsor Castle, i. 274-275;
resigns office, i. 276-278, 279;
votes for second reading of Maynooth bill, i. 279;
tariff reform, i. 279;
pamphlet on results of fiscal changes of 1842, i. 280
_and note_;
on free labour sugar proposal, i. 280;
at Munich, i. 318;
at Baden-Baden, i. 320;
corn law repeal, i. 283-287;
secretary for the colonies, i. 285.
=1846.=
Colonial clergy questions, i. 358;
recall of colonial governor, i. 359;
out of parliament, i. 287-288;
offended at Peel's eulogium on Cobden, i. 291-292;
conversation with Lord Lyndhurst on conservative party,
i. 293-294;
with Jocelyn and Graham, i. 295;
interview with Peel, i. 297-300;
quarrel with Lord G. Bentinck, i. 301-302.
=1847.=
Oxford candidature, i. 328-332;
election, i. 333;
Jewish Disabilities Removal bill, i. 375-377;
Oak farm and Hawardenvc estate embarrassments, i. 337, 356.
=1848.=
Special constable against chartists, i. 358;
Oxford D.C.L., i. 377;
on Hampden's appointment as bishop, i. 377.
=1849.=
Divergences from Peel, i. 353;
mission for his friend, i. 364-365;
Gorham case, i. 378.
=1850.=
Supports Disraeli's agricultural distress motion, i. 354-356;
Gorham case, i. 378-381 _and note_;
death of his daughter, i. 381, 387-388;
Australian Colonies bill, i. 362;
Don Pacifico debate, i. 369-371 _and note_;
death of Peel, i. 371;
question of leadership, i. 373-374;
opposes universities commission, i. 497;
Naples, i. 389-393;
on committee for exhibition medal inscriptions, ii. 539.
=1851.=
Returns to London, i. 393;
Letters to Lord Aberdeen, i. 392, 391 _and note_, 396-398,
400-401 _and note 3_;
invited by Stanley to take office, i. 393, 406;
declines, i. 407;
Ecclesiastical Titles bill, i. 409-415;
secession of Manning and Hope, i. 383-386;
death of his father, i. 388;
letter to a Scotch bishop on religious freedom, i. 384, 426.
=1852.=
First Derby administration, i. 417;
approaches Aberdeen and Graham, i. 417-418;
views on Peelite policy, i. 417-419;
overtures from Russell, i. 421;
supports Derby, i. 424;
on Four Seats bill, i. 424 _and note_;
re-elected for Oxford, i. 426-427;
equipoise of opinions, i. 431;
defends free trade, i. 433;
overtures from Derby, i. 434;
speech on Disraeli's budget, i. 438-440;
incident at the Carlton, i. 440-441;
New Zealand Government bill, i. 362 _and note 2_, 645;
appointed chancellor of the exchequer, i. 448.
=1853.=
Difficulties at Oxford, i. 450-452;
re-election, i. 453;
moves to house of chancellor of exchequer, i. 457;
advocates reduction of force in the Pacific, i. 458;
budget, i. 460-472; iii. 537;
attempted operation on national debt, i. 472-473, 646-648;
Latin lessons to his son, i. 464;
illness at Dunrobin, i. 476;
presented with freedom of Dingwall, i. 476;
speech at Inverness, i. 476;
Crimean war, i. 481 _et seq._;
speech at unveiling of Peel statue at Manchester, i. 483;
case of Mr. Maurice, i. 454-456;
Oxford reform, i. 500.
=1854.=
Letter on revival of convocation, ii. 162;
speeches on Oxford reform, i. 503, 509 _note 2_;
civil service reform, i. 509-512, 649;
criticisms of his finance, i. 513-514;
speech on budget, i. 514-515;
conflict with Bank of England, i. 518-519, 650-651;
Savings Bank bill, i. 519;
woods and forests dismissal case, i. 520.
=1855.=
Ministerial crisis, i. 522-543;
opposes Roebuck's motion, i. 523-524;
joins Palmerston, i. 536;
opposes Roebuck's motion in cabinet, i. 537-538;
resigns, i. 539;
unpopularity, i. 542-543;
efforts for peace, i. 545-548;
at Penmaenmawr, i. 549;
Homeric studies, i. 549-550;
Chester speech on colonial policy, i. 363.
=1856.=
Communications with Lord Derby, i. 551-552, 554;
isolation, i. 553;
letter to Bishop Hampden, i. 168;
case of Archdeacon Denison, i. 557.
=1857.=
Interviews with Lord Derby, i. 558-561;
opposes Lewis' budget, i. 560-562;
co-operation with Disraeli, i. 561;
communications with Cobden, i. 562;
speech on the China war, i. 563;
returned for Oxford unopposed, i. 565;
opposes Divorce bill, i. 570;
encounters with Bethell, i. 570-571;
illness and death of Lady Lyttelton, i. 572-573.
=1858.=
Opposes Conspiracy bill, i. 575-576 _and note_;
refuses to join Derby, i. 576-578;
renewed proposal from Derby, i. 583;
refused, i. 585, 590;
motion on the Principalities, ii. 4;
letter from Disraeli, i. 586;
reply, i. 589;
supports Suez Canal scheme, i. 592;
letter to Graham on Indian government, i. 593;
at Haddo, i. 594;
commission to Ionian Islands, i. 594-618;
at Athens, i. 605.
=1859.=
At Venice, Turin, Vicenza, Verona, Milan, i. 618;
interview with Cavour, i. 618;
defends nomination boroughs, i. 621;
speech on Italian question, ii. 13;
votes with Derby government, i. 625;
joins Palmerston's government, i. 626;
letters on his position, i. 627-628;
trouble at Oxford, i. 628-630;
re-elected for Oxford, i. 630;
budget, ii. 19;
speaks on Italian affairs, ii. 19;
Cobden's visit, ii. 18, 20;
views on French war scare, ii. 43-44;
first lord rector of Edinburgh university, i. 634.
=1860.=
Budget, i. 474; ii. 24 _et seq._, 625;
illness, ii. 26-27, 31, 34, 35;
unpopularity, ii. 29, 31;
defeat on Savings Bank bill, ii. 34;
speech on Paper Duty Repeal bill, ii. 34;
chief trains of cabinet business, ii. 36, 635-636;
the fortification scheme, ii. 42, 44-47;
cabinet struggle on question of economy, ii. 42-45;
interview with Palmerston, ii. 45-46;
at Penmaenmawr, ii. 184;
death of Lord Aberdeen, ii. 87.
=1861.=
Budget, ii. 38-39;
cabinet struggles, ii. 39, 93-96;
correspondence with Sir Wm. Heathcote on finance, ii. 632-635;
attacks and abuse, ii. 48;
American civil war, ii. 70-72, 74-75;
on education, ii. 312, 646;
deaths of Graham and Herbert, ii. 87-88.
=1862.=
Speech on Italy, ii. 108;
correspondence with Palmerston, ii. 49-50;
panegyric on Prince Consort, ii. 89;
American civil war, ii. 75-77, 79-82;
triumphal reception in the north, ii. 77-79;
Newcastle speech on American war, ii. 79-82;
funeral of Mrs. John Gladstone, ii. 96;
Windsor, i. 96.
=1863.=
Death of his brother John, ii. 187;
budget, ii. 66, 67;
proposal to extend income tax to charities, ii. 65-66;
speech on Italy, ii. 189;
at Penmaenmawr, ii. 191;
at Balmoral, ii. 97-104.
=1864.=
At Balmoral, ii. 104-106;
letters on _Essays and Reviews_ judgment, ii. 164;
speech on Mr. Dodson's bill, ii. 313 _and note 2_;
Garibaldi's visit, i. 109-113;
speech on extension of franchise, ii. 126, 238;
correspondence with Palmerston, ii. 127-130;
address from York workmen, ii. 130-131;
Schleswig-Holstein question, i. 116-119;
speeches in Lancashire, ii. 131-133;
relations with protestant dissenters, ii. 134-135;
development in ideas, ii. 121 _et seq._
=1865.=
Cabinet struggles, ii. 140;
criticism of _Ecce Homo_, ii. 166-167, 172, 173;
elected foreign associate of the Institute of France, ii. 220
_and note_;
speech on Irish church, ii. 142;
death of Cobden, ii. 143;
letter to his son on ecclesiastical affairs, ii. 159;
defeat at Oxford, ii. 145;
Lancashire candidature and election, ii. 145-147;
speech on conservatism, ii. 178;
letter to Russell on death of Palmerston, ii. 151;
at Glasgow, ii. 154, 155.
=1866.=
Leader of Commons, ii. 156-157;
tribute to Palmerston, ii. 157;
introduces Reform bill, ii. 200;
disaffection of followers, ii. 202, 205-209;
second reading of Reform bill, i. 203-204;
budget, ii. 68, 200;
votes for abolition of church rates, ii. 161;
against vote of confidence after debate, ii. 207-209;
audiences of the Queen, ii. 209, 211;
declines to speak at Hyde Park demonstration, ii. 212;
speech at Cobden club, ii. 213;
goes to Italy, ii. 213; in Rome, ii. 214-219;
illness, ii. 217.
=1867.=
Dinner with the Society of Political Economists of France,
ii. 221;
household suffrage struggle, ii. 223-236;
disaffection of followers, ii. 224, 225, 227-228, 232-235;
Irish church questions, i. 243;
speech at Newspaper Press Fund dinner, ii. 235.
=1868.=
Correspondence with Acland on popular discontent, ii. 172-174;
bill on church rates, ii. 161;
Irish church question, ii. 245-248;
election for Greenwich, ii. 251 _and note 1_;
publication of _Chapter of Autobiography_, ii. 249-250;
candidature in S.-W. Lancashire, ii. 250-251 _and note 1_;
letter from the Queen, ii. 252;
forms a cabinet, ii. 253-255;
speech at Greenwich, ii. 371.
=1869.=
Colonial Society dinner, ii. 402 _note_;
letter to General Grey on foreign policy, ii. 316;
Irish church bill preliminaries, ii. 258-263;
bill introduced, ii. 263-264;
committee stage, ii. 266;
struggle with the Lords, ii. 267-271;
Lords' amendments rejected, ii. 272-275;
concessions, ii. 277-278;
proposes acceptance by Commons of modifications, ii. 279;
illness, ii. 276, 279-280;
visit to Walmer Castle, ii. 280, 422;
Irish land question, ii. 287 _et seq._;
letter to Bright on principles _v._ details, ii. 290.
=1870.=
Irish land bill withdrawn, ii. 294;
_Alabama_ case, ii. 399;
education question, ii. 298, 303-311;
on reduction of armaments, ii. 321-322;
efforts to avert Franco-Prussian war, ii, 326-330;
daily conferences with Granville, ii. 338;
neutrality of Belgium guaranteed, ii. 341-342;
views on annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, ii. 346-348;
Russian claims in Black Sea, ii. 350-352, 355;
difficulties with the court, ii. 360;
army reform, ii. 360 _et seq._;
question of commander-in-chief's position, i. 360-361, 649;
Ballot bill, ii. 368-369.
=1871.=
Views on neutralisation of Alsace and Lorraine, i. 357;
anonymous article in _Edinburgh Review_, ii. 345;
instructions to _Alabama_ commission, ii. 404;
abolition of purchase, ii. 361-365;
Ballot bill, ii. 369, 377;
struggles for economy, ii. 374;
visit to Tennyson, ii. 377;
freedom of Aberdeen, ii. 378;
at Balmoral, ii. 378;
at Edinburgh, ii. 379;
funeral of Sir E. Murchison, ii. 380;
speech at Blackheath, ii. 380-381;
conversations with Bright, ii. 381-382;
Collier appointment, ii. 382-386;
Ewelme appointment, ii. 386-387;
licensing questions, ii. 390;
repeal of law against ecclesiastical titles, ii. 517.
=1872.=
Unpopularity, ii. 387;
cleavage in party, ii. 388;
attitude of radicals, ii. 388-390;
_Alabama_ case, ii. 409-411;
indignation on American claims, ii. 406;
Act of Uniformity bill, ii. 410;
speech at King's College council meeting, ii. 523;
visit to Oxford, ii. 436-437;
address at Liverpool on Strauss, ii. 524.
=1873.=
Irish University bill, ii. 436-445;
letters to the Queen on retirement, ii. 442-443;
ministerial crisis, ii. 446-456, 652;
letter to Bright, on education question, ii. 309, 646;
speech against disestablishment, ii. 457-458 _and note_;
the Queen's birthday, ii. 422;
death of Wilberforce, ii. 459;
ministerial embarrassments, ii. 460-465;
becomes chancellor of exchequer, ii. 463, 645;
dispute as to vacating seat thereby, ii. 465-472;
at Balmoral, ii. 472;
engagement of his eldest daughter, ii. 472-473;
at Hawarden, ii. 473-474;
cabinet embarrassments, ii. 474;
marriage of his eldest daughter, ii. 475.
=1874.=
Financial plans, ii. 478, 481-482, 487;
question of dissolution, ii. 479 _et seq._;
electoral manifesto, ii. 487-489;
speeches at Greenwich, etc., ii. 490 _and note_;
election, ii. 490;
resignation, ii. 492-493 _and note_;
offers of a peerage, ii. 493-494;
retirement from leadership, ii. 497-499, 503-506;
death of Sir S. Glynne, ii. 500-501;
Vatican decrees question, ii. 502, 509-512;
visit to Munich, ii. 513-515;
_Vatican Decrees_ pamphlet, ii. 515-517;
its reception, ii. 517-520.
=1875.=
Meeting of Metaphysical Society, ii. 504;
article in _Quarterly Review_, ii. 520;
more work on Vatican question, ii. 520-521;
_Vaticanism_ published, ii. 521;
sale of house in Carlton House Terrace, ii. 522.
=1876.=
Letter to Herbert Gladstone on Pitt's finance, ii. 637;
pamphlet on Bulgaria, ii. 551-554;
speech at Blackheath, ii. 552, 554;
visits in the north, ii. 555-556;
work at Hawarden, ii. 557;
visit to Liverpool, ii. 558;
'The Hellenic Factor in the Eastern Problem,' ii. 558;
St. James's Hall meeting, ii. 559;
letter on denominationalism, iii. 542.
=1877.=
_Lessons in Massacre_, ii. 560, 562;
visit to Darwin, ii. 562;
the five resolutions, ii. 563-565;
speech in parliament, ii. 565-568;
visit to Birmingham, ii. 570;
views on Transvaal annexation, iii. 27, 28;
visit to Ireland, ii. 571.
=1878.=
Hostile crowds, ii. 574;
declines to stand for Leeds, ii. 611;
speech on treaty-making power, ii. 377 _note 2_;
speech on Anglo-Turkish convention, ii. 576-578;
article on 'England's Mission,' ii. 579, 581;
literary work and emoluments, ii. 581;
sits to Millais, ii. 581-582;
visit of Argyll and Ruskin to Hawarden, ii. 582.
=1879.=
Invited to stand for Midlothian, ii. 584;
agrees, ii. 585;
the campaign, ii. 587-590; iii. 27;
day at Glasgow, ii. 590-592;
from Glasgow to Hawarden, ii. 596;
reflections, ii. 597;
correspondence on leadership, ii. 598-603.
=1880.=
At Hawarden, ii. 603, 604;
with his sister at Cologne, ii. 604;
election address, ii. 606-608;
Midlothian campaign in general election, ii. 608-612;
letter to Rosebery, ii. 613;
to Argyll, ii. 615;
conversations on leadership, ii. 616-617;
interview with Hartington, ii. 621-624;
with Granville and Hartington, ii. 624-625;
audience of the Queen, ii. 626-628;
construction of cabinet, ii. 628-630;
personnel of cabinet, ii. 653-654; iii. 2-3;
anonymous article in _Fortnightly Review_, ii. 345 _note_;
parliamentary difficulties, iii. 5-6;
budget, iii. 7;
illness, iii. 8;
cruise in _Grantully Castle_, iii. 8;
Berlin treaty obligations, iii. 8-10;
Bradlaugh question, iii. 11 _et seq._;
question of Frere's recall, iii. 22-24.
=1831.=
Colley's correspondence, iii. 34;
Boer overtures, iii. 35;
Majuba, iii. 37-38;
letters to the Queen, iii. 40;
parliamentary attack, iii. 41-42;
Transvaal commission, iii. 44;
Coercion bill, iii. 49-50;
obstruction, iii. 52-53;
Irish Land bill, iii. 53-57;
letter to Granville on home rule, iii. 57;
visit to Leed's, iii. 59-61;
agrees to imprisonment of Parnell, iii. 61;
address to common council, iii. 61;
Egyptian question, iii. 74 _et seq._
=1882.=
Egyptian question, iii. 78 _et seq._;
letter to Forster, on Irish local government, iii. 58;
communications from Parnell, iii. 64;
letter to Forster on his resignation, iii. 66;
to the Queen on Irish situation, iii. 66;
Phoenix Park murders, iii. 67-69;
public position, iii. 89-90;
political jubilee, iii. 91;
appoints Benson to see of Canterbury, iii. 95-97;
reconstruction of cabinet, iii. 99-101;
letters to Bright on Egyptian policy, iii. 84, 85;
vexed with Bismarck, iii. 121.
=1883.=
Stay at Cannes, iii. 102-104;
interview with Clémenceau, iii. 123;
renewed offer of a peerage, iii. 104;
at Paris, iii. 105;
at Sandringham, iii. 105;
objects to sending troops to Suakin, iii. 149;
speech on Affirmation bill, i. 139; iii. 14, 18-20, 107, 312;
letter to Bright on 'Irish rebels' speech, iii. 111;
cruise to Denmark, iii. 115-117;
speech at Kirkwall, iii. 117-118, 354 _note_;
Congo debate, iii. 110.
=1884.=
Agrees to send Gordon to evacuate Soudan, iii. 149, 151 _and
note 2_;
advises disavowing him after his abandonment of instructions,
iii. 156;
opposes appointment of Zobeir, iii. 158;
advises his appointment, iii. 159;
illness, iii. 159 _and note_, 160, 162;
views on relief expedition for Gordon, iii. 162;
Franchise bill, iii. 125-126, 140;
speech on House of Lords, iii. 128;
memorandum on case between Lords and Commons, iii. 129;
efforts at arrangement, iii. 131-133;
re-introduction of Franchise bill, iii. 136;
conferences with Salisbury and Northcote, iii. 137-139;
cabinet divisions, iii. 175;
speech at Edinburgh on Transvaal, iii. 40 _note 2_.
=1885.=
On Chamberlain's social programme, iii. 174;
Acton's letter on retirement, iii. 172;
learns death of Gordon, iii. 166, 172;
letter in reply to the Queen's telegram, iii. 167;
memorandum on military position in the Soudan, iii. 178-179,
555-559;
on Russian action in Afghanistan, iii. 178;
three cabinets on Soudan, iii. 179-180;
speech on war-supply for Afghanistan, iii. 184;
cabinet difficulties, iii. 185-186;
budget, iii. 187, 200;
cabinet disagreements on Ireland, iii. 190-195;
letter to the Queen on Irish policy, iii. 192;
intimation regarding Crimes Act, iii. 188;
letter to Hartington on cabinet crisis, iii. 196;
ministerial crisis, iii. 203-208;
audience of the Queen, iii. 205;
offer of an earldom, iii. 209-210;
defeated on budget, iii. 200;
suddenness of defeat, iii. 202;
resigns, iii. 200;
letters to the Queen, iii. 199, 203;
letters on advance in Irish situation, iii. 215-216;
throat troubles, iii. 216;
cruise in the _Sunbeam_, iii. 217-218;
election address, iii. 220;
conversation with Chamberlain, iii. 224-226;
consideration of Home Rule question, iii. 234-241;
letter to the Queen on Crimes Act discussions, iii. 199;
work on books--miscellaneous reading--reply to Réville, iii. 247;
Midlothian speeches, iii. 247-248;
election, iii. 248;
considerations of Irish situation, iii. 256-259, 261-264, 266,
268-276;
tenders support to Lord Salisbury, iii. 258-260, 284;
unauthorised publication of home rule scheme, iii. 264 _and
note_, 265;
party urgency for action, iii. 267;
renewal of intercourse with Manning, iii. 281;
birthday, iii. 281.
=1886.=
Political rumours, iii. 279;
begins the session, iii. 281;
comments on Hartington's communication, iii. 282;
attitude towards home rule, iii. 283;
debate on the address, iii. 284-288;
supports Collings' amendment, iii. 288;
accepts the Queen's commission, iii. 290;
to Osborne, iii. 290;
formation of government, iii. 291 _and note_, 296 _and
note 2_;
preparation of bills, iii. 298;
difficulties in cabinet, iii. 302-304, 306;
interview with Parnell, iii. 305-306;
introduction of Home Rule bill, iii. 310-312;
violent hostility of opponents, iii. 321-322;
conversation with Bright, iii. 326;
strenuous efforts for the bill, iii. 331;
letter from Bright, iii. 327;
Parnell's letter, iii. 333-334;
party meeting at foreign office, iii. 332-333;
second meeting with Parnell, iii. 334;
replies to Hicks Beach, iii. 334-335;
speech on night of the division, iii. 338-340;
decides for dissolution, iii. 341;
electioneering, iii. 342-345;
elected for Midlothian and for Leith, iii. 344;
letter to the Queen, iii. 344;
decides for resignation, iii. 346-347;
final audience of the Queen, iii. 347-348;
views on Chamberlain's _Baptist_ article, iii. 368;
at Tegernsee, iii. 351-352;
speaks on Tenants Relief bill, iii. 353;
at Hawarden, iii. 353;
article on _Locksley Hall_, iii. 353-354;
attitude towards plan of campaign, iii. 370-372;
birthday, iii. 354-355.
=1887.=
Letters to Acton, iii. 355-359;
at Sandringham, Cambridge, Hawarden, Dollis Hill, Windsor,
iii. 385;
speech on Criminal Law Amendment (Ireland) bill, iii. 375
_and note_;
on introduction of closure, iii. 377;
on Mitchelstown, iii. 380;
_Robert Elsmere_ article, iii. 356-360;
tour in South Wales, iii. 386-387;
visit to Florence, iii. 387.
=1888.=
Attitude towards Parnell commission, iii. 398-399;
sympathy with Parnell, iii. 408;
speech on report of the commission, iii. 408-411;
speech at Birmingham, iii. 387-389;
speech on Ireland, iii. 389;
visit to Naples, iii. 413.
=1889.=
Reasons for not visiting Rome, iii. 413-415;
Old Testament studies, iii. 415-416;
golden wedding anniversary, iii. 417;
Parnell's visit to Hawarden, iii. 420, 445-446.
=1890.=
Letter on General Gordon, iii. 169;
visit to Oxford, iii. 420-421;
death of Newman and Döllinger, iii. 421;
views on Parnell's position, iii. 429-433, 435-437, 440,
443-444;
Parnell leadership question, iii. 450, 452-453, 455-458;
memoranda on Parnell leadership question, iii. 443-445;
meeting at Lord Rendel's, iii. 434;
letter to Morley on Parnell leadership, iii. 436;
urges publication of letter, iii. 440-441;
speaks at Bassetlaw, iii. 452;
Morley's visit to Hawarden, iii. 452-454;
communications with Irish party towards an understanding,
iii. 455-456;
speech of condolence with the Speaker, iii. 456.
=1891.=
Death of Granville, iii. 462;
death of his eldest son, iii. 460;
Fasque-- Glenalmond--Newcastle programme, iii. 462;
Biarritz, iii. 463 _et seq._;
birthday, iii. 477.
=1892.=
Biarritz, iii. 480 _et seq._;
to the Riviera, iii. 489;
re-elected for Midlothian, iii. 492;
formation of cabinet, iii. 494-495 _note_;
Home Rule bill, iii. 496.
=1893.=
Home Rule bill, iii. 500 _et seq._;
reply to Chamberlain, iii. 499-500;
at Biarritz, iii. 504,508.
=1894.=
Advocates dissolution on Lords question, iii. 505;
naval estimates, iii. 506-508;
return to England, iii. 509;
last cabinet, iii. 510-511;
last speech in parliament, iii. 511-512;
at Windsor, iii. 512-514;
letter of resignation, iii. 514;
the Queen's reply, iii. 515;
letter to Sir H. Ponsonby, iii. 516.
=1895-1898.=
Literary work, iii. 520-521;
speeches at Chester and Liverpool, iii. 521-522;
last diary entry, iii. 523;
visit to Cannes, iii. 523;
last meeting with the Queen, iii. 524;
visit to Butterstone, iii. 525;
illness, iii. 525-528;
visit to Cannes, iii. 526;
to Bournemouth, iii. 526;
at Hawarden, iii. 526-528;
death, iii. 528;
parliamentary tributes, iii. 528-531;
foreign tributes, iii. 531-533;
funeral, iii. 533.
Characteristics:--
Ambition for noble ends, i. 218.
Caution--suspense of judgment, i. 309, 376, 418, 547; iii. 343.
Concentration, i. 186, 190, 255; iii. 88.
Considerateness, i. 195, 339, 364; iii. 456.
Continuity, i. 190.
Conversational charm, ii. 180, 561; iii. 482.
Co-operation, aptitude for, i. 189-190.
Copiousness, ii. 427; iii. 502.
Courage, i. 188, 218; ii. 246; iii. 44.
Courtesy, i. 213; ii. 416, 532, 562.
Deference to colleagues, ii. 415-416, 420, 492; iii. 4, 5, 497,
530.
Detachment--alacrity of mind--freedom of judgment, ii. 168, 562.
Disregard of appearances--regard for things rather than persons,
i. 357; ii. 365; iii. 536-537, 540.
Duality of disposition, i. 2, 18, 189, 264.
Eloquence--
oratorical power, i. 191-195, 261, 410; ii. 41, 54-55, 123,
439, 566;
absence of bitterness, i. 503;
battle-cry element, ii. 592;
dramatic force, ii. 589, 594; iii. 500;
lofty tone, i. 5, 14; iii. 312;
persuasiveness, i. 440;
physical resources, ii. 380, 593; iii. 60, 91, 338, 500.
Essentials, grasp of, iii. 54, 331, 371.
Excitability of temperament--nervous sensibility, i. 83, 103,
434; ii. 40, 111, 119, 140, 381, 493, 565, 576, 631;
iii. 18, 101-102, 170, 290.
Family feeling, i. 95-96, 339.
Gaiety of mind, i. 188.
Gravity of temperament, i. 212.
Growth, mental, continuance of, i. 207-208.
Humanity, ii. 555, 561, 595, 596.
Hurry, i. 186-187, 380.
Idealism, i. 197-198, 255.
Imagination, moral and political, i. 189, 255; ii. 56, 554;
iii. 244, 540.
Impulsiveness, ii. 148, 203.
Industry, i. 186, 192, 197; ii. 261, 421; iii. 88, 298, 496;
in public duties, i. 101-102; ii. 418, 422; iii. 7-8, 110,
353, 496.
Intellectual curiosity, limits of, i. 202, 209.
Intensity, ii. 563.
Irritability, ii. 228.
Lancashire temperament, i. 192; ii. 41, 60.
Liberty, instinct for, _see_ Liberty.
Loyalty to colleagues, ii. 599-601, 603, 619; iii. 110, 510.
Magnanimity, ii. 48.
Missionary temper, i. 231.
Modesty, ii. 561.
Musical ability, i. 98.
Nature, delight in, ii. 280; iii. 478, 479.
Opportuneness, sense of, i. 190; ii. 240-241; iii. 258, 276,
509, 539.
Optimism--confidence, i. 218, 312, 364, 611, 630; ii. 265;
iii. 354.
Orderliness, i. 206; iii. 88.
Over-refining--subtlety--'sophistry,' i. 165, 210-212, 354,
359, 453, 516; ii. 54, 396, 590; ii. 185.
Patience, iii. 185, 298, 456, 497.
Patriotism, i. 617.
Practical aptitude, i. 67, 195, 206; ii. 547, 553; iii. 88.
Personal questions, dislike of, ii. 462; iii. 455, 456.
Quietude, desire for, i. 187.
Religious temper, i. 2-4, 31, 56-57, 84, 200-201, 204;
fixity of dogmatic views, i. 153, 207;
religious growth, 160-162;
leanings towards clerical calling, i. 323-324, 382, 383,
635-641.
Reserve, i. 196-197, 376.
Resignation, i. 215-217.
Scrupulosity, i. 261.
Self-control, i. 189, 196; iii. 195, 298.
Self-distrust, i. 190-191.
Simplicity--trustfulness, i. 194, 197, 204; ii. 570; iii. 540.
Sincerity--integrity, i. 193, 194, 261, 410, 440; ii. 531, 554;
iii. 482, 540.
Slowness of mental development, i. 14, 198, 529;
of judgment, i. 453.
Tact, iii. 100.
Tenacity of purpose, i. 315; ii. 38, 42, 59, 138, 207, 211, 404,
415, 569; iii. 29, 186, 209, 331.
Tolerance, i. 316-317; ii. 416, 432, 517, 535; iii. 12-13, 18.
Tradition, reverence for, i. 201-202, 209.
Unity of purpose, i. 200.
Versatility, i. 184; ii. 168; iii. 455, 467.
Vital energy, i. 185; iii. 60, 498.
Vivacity, ii. 593.
Walking, fondness for, i. 116.
Will-power, i. 185, 189, 470.
Eyesight, difficulties with, i. 111, 138, 140, 142, 143, 173,
185, 230;
cataract, iii. 492, 506, 515, 517-519.
Family and genealogy of, i. 7-9 _and note_, 16 _and note 2_,
17 _notes_.
Horoscope of, i. 197.
Letters of, characteristics of, i. 6; ii. 180.
Residences of, i. 232-233 _note_; ii. 523 _note_.
Verses by; i. 38, 63 _note_, 118.

Gladstone, Mrs. W. E. (wife), on Gladstone's duality, i. 189;
ancestry of, i. 223;
to possess Hawarden Castle for life, i. 344;
at Oxford (1848), i. 377;
at Hagley, i. 572;
foreign travel prescribed for, i. 596;
Wood's conversations with, i. 623, 624;
at Newcastle (1862), ii. 78;
intimacy of, with Duchess of Sutherland, ii. 183;
medical skill of, ii. 190;
appears to rioters, ii. 211;
accompanies Gladstone to Midlothian, ii. 587;
to Cannes (1882), iii. 102;
has news of Cavendish murder, iii. 67;
visit to Biarritz, iii. 463;
on necessity for her husband's hearing both sides, iii. 479;
eightieth birthday, i. 486;
Rosbery's tribute to, iii. 531;
death of, iii. 533;
W. E. Gladstone's letters to, i. 187, 215, 233, 272-275, 276,
285, 335-336, 339-340, 355, 383-384, 436-439, 445, 480
_note_, 481 _and note_, 519, 570-573, 575; ii. 21, 138-141,
143, 152, 154, 378-379, 500, 503, 522, 523; iii. 115, 186,
352, 420.

---- W. H. (son), birth of, i. 227;
letters to, on Hawarden estate, i. 340-343, 344-349;
parliamentary career of, i. 346, 348;
Gladstone unwilling to bequeath a title to, i. 384;
speech at his father's Lancashire candidature, ii. 147;
Gladstone's letter to, on ecclesiastical affairs, ii. 159;
letter on dissolution (1874), ii. 487;
Worcestershire candidature of (1880), ii. 614;
return to Hawarden after election, ii. 617;
death of, iii. 460;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 98, 139, 410, 603, 604, 617.

Glanville, cited, i. 209 _and note 1_.

Glasgow, Gladstone's inaugural address at (1879), ii. 590-591;
public meetings, i. 591-592; iii. 562.

_Gleanings_, preparation of, ii. 581;
later series of, iii. 521.

Gledstanes, family of, i. 8-9 _and note_, 16 _and note 2_.

Glenalmond, i. 230-231; iii. 462.

Glenelg, Lord, i. 144, 362.

Glynne, Lady, i. 274, 341.

---- Catherine (_see also_ Gladstone, Mrs. W. E.), Gladstone's
engagement to, i. 222.

Glynne, Henry, i. 342-344.

---- Sir Stephen, Gladstone's travels with, i. 173;
candidature of, in Flintshire, i. 239;
financial affairs of, i. 337 _et seq._;
repulsed at election (1857), i. 565;
munificence of, ii. 195;
death of, ii. 500;
otherwise mentioned, i. 223; ii. 274, 279, 373 _note 1_, 385, 410,
418, 421, 446, 476.

Goderich, Lord, i. 75, 431, 543.

Goethe, i. 159, 202; ii. 467, 534.

Gordon, Colonel, i. 228.

---- Arthur, _see_ Stanmore.

---- General, advises evacuation of Soudan, iii. 147-148, 153-154;
suggested for the work, iii. 149;
previous career of, iii. 149 _note 3_;
agrees to policy of evacuation, iii. 150, 153-155;
characteristics of, iii. 151;
popular feeling for, iii. 152, 156;
changes his plans, iii. 152;
appointed temporarily governor-general of Soudan, iii. 152;
instructions of, iii. 153, 154, 554;
views of, on the situation, iii. 153, 155;
request regarding Zobeir, iii. 155-160;
shows Khedive's secret firman, iii. 160-162 _and note 1_;
reports himself safe, iii. 162;
relief expeditions to, contemplated, iii. 162-164;
Nile expedition to, despatched, iii. 165;
death of, iii. 166;
Gladstone's estimate of, iii. 169;
Gladstone's views of appointment of, iii. 177, 196.

Gorham case, i. 316, 378-381, 632.

Görres, Dr., i. 319-320 _and note 1_.

Gortchakoff, ii. 15, 343, 350, 353 _note_, 354, 355.

Goschen, G. J., included in Russell cabinet (1865), ii. 156 and
_note 1_;
on Irish Church bill, ii. 274;
bill of, for throwing open all lay degrees, ii. 313;
on civil service reform, ii. 315;
president of poor law board (1868), ii. 644;
Local Bating bill of, ii. 377, 388;
first lord of admiralty (1871), ii. 615;
considered for exchequer (1873), ii. 463;
opposition support of, i. 472-473;
opposes reduction of estimates (1874), ii. 483-484;
at Constantinople, iii. 9-10;
on Soudan question, iii. 175, 176;
votes with conservatives on Collings' amendment, iii. 288;
against home rule, iii. 291 _note_, 294;
defeated in Edinburgh, iii. 343;
chancellor of exchequer (1886), iii. 364;
compared with Hartington, iii. 366;
urged by Hartington to join the government, iii. 367;
budget (1887), iii. 385;
otherwise mentioned, ii. 498, 503, 504, 563, 625, 644-645;
iii. 220, 268.

Goulburn, Henry, appointed chancellor of exchequer, i. 240;
attitude of, towards repeal, i. 283;
towards Lord Derby, i. 419;
otherwise mentioned, i. 271, 420, 472.

Government Annuities bill, ii. 52-53, 125.

---- powers, i. 304.

Gower, F. Leveson, ii. 459 _note_.

---- Lord Ronald, ii. 183.

Grafton, Duke of, ii. 467.

Graham, General, iii. 176.

---- Sir James:--
_Chronology_--Reform advocated by, i. 143;
corn laws defended by, i. 114, 249;
resigns on Irish church question, i. 154;
estimate of Peel, i. 248, 263;
attitude towards protection, i. 253, 352;
bill on Irish colleges, ii. 434;
supports Peel on repeal, i. 283;
views on Peel's eulogium of Cobden, i. 295, 296;
on Peel's changes of policy, i. 296;
on Disraeli's agricultural distress motion, i. 354-356;
Don Pacifico debate, i. 368;
papal aggression question, i. 407;
Russell's proposal to include, i. 416;
decides for Russell rather than Derby, i. 418-421 _and note_,
423, 424;
views on Gladstone's attitude to Disraeli, i. 432;
Russell's attitude towards, i. 444;
refuses chancellorship of exchequer, i. 447-448;
on Gladstone's representation of Oxford, i. 453;
on Gladstone's budget, i. 465, 466;
misgivings of, i. 466, 467;
on Napoleon III., i. 485;
on Peelites' position regarding Palmerston, i. 534;
opposes Roebuck's proposal, i. 538;
resigns, i. 539;
reason for resigning, i. 542;
efforts for peace, i. 546;
Gladstone's relations with, i. 551, 559;
position of, contrasted with Gladstone's, i. 555;
discourages Gladstone's communicating with Derby, i. 552, 556;
views of, on reconstructed government, i. 561;
on Divorce bill, i. 571;
uneasiness regarding Gladstone, i. 581;
on party relationships, i. 584 _and note_;
Disraeli's attitude towards, i. 584, 587;
inclines to Gladstone's joining Derby, i. 586, 590, 591;
in sympathy with Palmerston's government, i. 628;
on Russell's despatch regarding Italy, ii. 16;
death of, ii. 87-88.

Debating, method of, i. 195.
Estimate of, i. 407-408.
Gladstone's estimate of, i. 248, 250; iii. 525;
his estimate of Gladstone, i. 186; ii. 170;
Gladstone contrasted with, i. 407;
otherwise mentioned, i. 126, 177, 238, 248, 258, 273, 275, 293,
405 _note_, 418, 420, 445, 446, 449, 482, 490, 492, 511,
526, 535, 536, 560, 566, 576, 593, 595-596, 613; ii. 30,
37, 194, 302.

Gramont, Duc de, ii. 325-328, 330, 334, 336, 337.

Grant, General, ii. 406.

---- G., Gladstone's godfather, i. 7.